Dear How Pathetic, pathetic we are indeed!! Your views on job seekers and people easily getting jobs, i agree 100%. People just seem to fill in these positions with family members. You know i just doesn’t happen in top management, sometime the people handling job applicantions just simply eliminate others so top management really couldn’t make a better decision. All in all, we are doomed. Have you ever heard of the mentality, looking after other people’s rice bowl? I have encountered this before where someone who is clearly not perfoming in his job, who is entitled to be removed from his position, is still being kept simply because people have this mentality. “Siapa kan membagi anak bininya makan…”, don’t these people (management) should think that these workers should really look after their own rice bowl and it shouldn’t be the management responsibility to look after their families. I am for one, believe in these people are a classic case of being spoon fed. Once again, nothing is real in Brunei hehe, and i do believe this fits into your “keduluran” idea.

I support recycling 100%, i believe in this too, but it doesn’t work here in Brunei, not for at least another 20 years when Brunei is in trouble. Just to give you a better idea, what ever happend to ope fire burning…what ever happen to the $10,000 fine that was supposed to be imposed? A classic view on this is that, schools around the country are the main culprits. Every afternoon, mr.cleaner in some school will burn dead leaves or rubbish freely, and what does the authority do? Just a simple, “Jgn kita menunu lagi pakcik ah, kana fine tani krg.”, a week later this old man will do it again. All of these things are important for us to sustain a peaceful, clean, good moral society but nobody sees that right now my dear friend. The people who care are still a minority.

By Zul on May 18, 2008

Hold your horses!!!! both of you. the best thing is. STOP arguing.. just do your part and mirror your self you’ll get the answer.

By good people on May 25, 2008

Saya rasa kerana kekurang ilmu membuatkan begitu.

Kekurangan dorongan.
Kekurangan contoh.
Kekurangan disiplin.

Saya rasa orang tidak tahu kebaikan asap dari pembakaran rumput untuk pokok pokok.
Asap baik boleh menyuburkan pokok.

Saya rasa orang tidak tahu kegunaan rumput-rumput yang telah dipotong. Saya pun tida tahu.
Saya andaikan boleh jadi baja. Hahaha
Atau boleh dimanfaatkan.

The bottom line we don’t know what to do the best for ourselve and environment. Hahaa

Apa yang kita tahu? Suruh buang arah orang lain dan kitani lagi terpaksa keluar duit.

Langkat pertama ilmu dan langkah kedua buka perusahaan recycle. insya Allah boleh maju sebab banyak sampah wah ( sebenarnya bernilai )

By lelaki langgit on Jun 5, 2008

Its time for change.
cuba tah kitani fikir kan for the sake of our children. Tiba masa nya sudah membali minyak kerita pakai ID. yellow for the current issue price, ID lain lain warna membali minyak pakai pump stand yang pakai singapore current market rate. Ani idea saja, i, inda jua pemandai, sakit hati ku meliat orang luar memakai minyak subsidi sewenang2. oraNG PUTIH TELASING2 driving, gurkha sibok jua kan membawa kerita, auk not to mention org malaysia yg inda mau balik2 cari makan d sini.

dengan cara ani, kitani ada business jua kan menjual minyak untok dalam negeri, siapa inda suka yg ID nya lain2 warna atu, sila kan tah, dapat jua orang tempatan fill in the job vacancy. banar jua tu, kelamarin orang kereita jiran atu menangis2 tampat stesen minyak minta jual kan minyak, inda ku faham langsung.

oil & gas atu saja tah yg Brunei ada. subsidi only 4 YELLOW ID. beli minyak pakai ID.
what say the relevent authority.

By latypah ramlee on Jun 16, 2008

hi guysss…interesting topic about changing brunei. id like to say, about your view on employment - helped by relatives, family, etc the truth is, it happens everywhere. i like to add some on changing brunei, in fact is that people in brunei has change drastically. we complain more, all is computerized, etc..and in the past 20 years, we do experienced changes..dont u think so? people starts to question ridicoulous questionsss…that is a change. however, i really hope there are more choices in term of shopping within brunei..i myself like to shop for designer goods, i wana see brunei equivalent to other countries around us (KL, Singapore..)in malay..kalau ada butik2 anie, jarang ku kan belayar keluar negri menghabiskan duit bali barang2 anie. well, i wana bruneian people to look good, stylish, posh, hip…let it be CK, Valentino, DKNY, Chanel, Gucci..alot to mention here..i have been travelling alot and whenever people ask me where i came from (and i said Brunei), immediately they say, wahhh ur country is rich, rich people bla bla bla…in fact not everybody is rich (im not) so make the people outside brunei realize their assumption is damn true! we are rich, always rich (kata sejuta kali!! in The Name of Allah we will!!)instead we complain around here and there services does not meet ur satisfaction (iatah makbul doa kamu atu!) i always remember, services provided by the government of Brunei is not ’secubit’ but its really big. syukur tah banyak masih tani dapat free and paid by our Government whereas org luar kan kapisan membayar..(e.g. health and education)..membayar pun nda jua seberapa, kalau ranking mahalnya 1 sampai 10, i rank only 0.5 saja (imagine how lucky we are?!) so people, buka mata, buka minda…BRUNEIANS ARE LUCKY PEOPLE (indeed!) be proud with it, i know i am!! ok guysss cheers…

By valentino on Jul 3, 2008

CUBA KAMU SUGGEST SINI APA PERLU BRUNEI BUAT UNTUK MEREPLACE MINYAK ATU AND MAKE BRUNEI DEVELOPED..
4 me :
1.basar kan tia brunei ane mcm singapore ah ia damit dulukan ane basarri nya jua timbuk nya jua tanah di laut atu.
2.buat quality brand sendiri
3.contohi negeri lain
4.distribute tempat menarik d brunei ane.. jgn satuplace saja ex. museum kota batu lurus tu dah rempatnya atu sal sambil pelancong ke mesuem dapat jua ia melihat persisiran kampng atu..
5.cari quality coaches ( nda kamu malu ka waktu olympic atu )
6.banyakkan sport events and complex.
7.pilih wakil sekolah yang berbakat dan bagi surang fitness yang kuat sebanding negara lain.
8.jadikan pelancongan menarik d brunei.
9.instead of oil cari jua ah benda yang dapat mereplace oil and gas atu..

to readers please suggest jua ah..

By yusrizam on Sep 10, 2008

well from my viewpoint changing Brunei is more than solving some nepotism problem. We need a change in policies and change in mindset.

80% of locals are in the Government sector. so 20% are working in the private sector. Now tell me, how can a country move forward when most of your workforce are in the government? The private sector is the King of Development. Government is there to regulate the progress of that development.

By the way, 70%-80% of private sector are comprised of foreigners. And private sector, if your business operations are successful=$$$. And where is the money flowing? You guessed it…out of the country.

solution:
We should grant citizenships to successful foreign entrepreneurs. this will retain our money.
We should impose income tax. I know its a pain. But do you think Brunei can maintain your health expenses and allowances indefinitely? if you have a better idea, i want to hear it!
We should improve education system. we have a lot of work to do on this area. we need more education in I.T. field. Government schools need to branch out from conventional teaching methods and find better ways/programmes of teaching the next generation.
Also might i suggest military school? we have too much dropouts as it is. And you know most of our soldiers are unable to pursue academic degrees? why can’t we offer them a sense of discipline and a shining future as well?
Allow more transparency from Government institutions. I know almost nothing what each ministry is doing. i have to conduct an interview with them to know what they’re doing year to year.
Less red tapes and more incentives for foreign investments to flow in…

By economist on Sep 18, 2008

The most frustrating thing about Brunei is that it has so much potential, yet it’s just being wasted.

By Brutus on Oct 16, 2008

yeah indeed a good point,the govt should really consider and presuade those big boss who are outsider to stay and gain them PR or citizenship,how ever our local ppl here have diff toughts,we are too relazed and scared those PR or outsider might threaten out jobs,infact i found this a good thing,i mean we all bruneians will start to wake up and realised we know that they are a lot of challengers out there and then we need to improved ourself alot,i am not saying these because i am already a public sector servant
plz lets do something before its too late.

By Yellow card on Oct 31, 2008

askum.
saya sebagai anak buah kg dtutong iaitu penabai kuala tutong. ingin meluahkan rasa tidak puas hati dgn sikap ketua kg kami. yg mana tidak ada perkembangan yg dbuat uleh ketua kg kami. mana tia sumpah sebelum ia menjadi ketua kg ah kan memperkembangkan kg dan anak2 kgnya.kan membuat sambutan hari raya sudah abis urg beraya ngam2 30 hari sudah urg menyambut raya.jln simpang belupak2 nda dusahakan nya.apa2 aktiviti pun nda dianjurkan. kami ani bosan udah dgn sikap nya ah tukar tia ketua kg baru.mun rasanya nda tbuat lagi keraja ketua kg baik beranti.balik2 dpadahi kedia tu nada jua perubahan dbuat nya pat kg kami ah. aku harap baik tah urg yg bekenan do sumting about this demi nyahut seruan kerajaan bah.ani mana nda ketua udah mengulukan nda ektif jadi anak buah pun sama lah jua. pikir dih…

By anak buah penyabar kg penabai on Dec 6, 2008

auw banar tu nyamu kesian brunei ani kediaku 30 thn udah idup nada perubahan brunei ani macam atu jua tahan2 kalau pelancong datang ke brunei kesian ku durang datang kebrunei ani nada apa2 jua,tingkat kan tah pelancungan di brunei ani seperti buat tah zoo negara di brunei ani kanak2nya kesian nda pernah meliat binatang yang banar2 di dapan mata durang jgn plng masuk free masuk bebayar sadangkan negara susah seperti vietnam pun durang mampu tedapat zoo negara sendiri ani meliat dlm tv ganya,adakan waterworld jgn pln masuk free bebayar lah tuk balikan modal kamu,jgn telampau siuk sendiri yang kaya atu sanang lah melancong sanang2 tu nah kesian orang yang susah kan belayar atleast dpt melancong sendiri pengarah pelancong plz majukan tah brunei ani sampai bila tah tu….why very slow banar ani padahal negara ketani ani mampu hope yang terasa atu beusaha tah memajukan brunei ani dnt expect wawasan 2035 baru tah kan memajukan negara dari sekarang tah ketani mesti berubah udah, satu lagi bila tah kan ada jambatan dari bandar ke temburong insyalahmaju tu temburung atu dari pada kan be bebaris lama2 di kuala lurah bayar plng tol menuju ke temburong so iktiarkan tia come on brunei sekarang patutnya udah lebih maju dari dulu why so slow ani ok terima kasih

By mau perubahan on Dec 21, 2008

Wow! This has grown….my point on this topic was not to instill hate or start an arguement. It is not a point whether i like brunei or not. To those who replied that i’m ungrateful of Brunei and its benefits as a citizen…well, sorry to say that you are wrong. Its never good to assume things, as you can see…..

I would also like to point out that, i can see some readers has some creative ideas in pushing brunei forward. This is an encouragement, its good to see that a whole lot of bruneians are really thinking.

For those of you that think that i am ungrateful: Think again, if i didn’t complain it means i am willing to let brunei go and migrate somewhere else. Plus i am not one to suggest to say “biar tia, insyallah lambat laun ok tu.” Wouldn’t i be ungrateful if i just worry about myself and not think about my future kids? Am i just really thinking about looking after brunei in my own lifetime?? Do i just worry about myself? Well, being constructive in my lifetime is to pave the way for all future bruneians…..to have a better future for my kids and to really understand that our current situation is crap and if its not improved our kids will suffer. As time goes by Brunei is always left behind by the world. We have been blindfolded by our own newspapers, we have been left out by our own so called head of ministries…hell, do we believe everything the newspapers and our ministers say without even finding out the truth?

For those with constructive comments: Thank you for beliving that Brunei has a better future and for voicing out your concerns. I really think that HM is trying to push us to work harder without installing an iron hand. HM has always been there to support constructive ideas. I applaud the economist for voicing out ideas from his point of view. Yes my friend, thats the idea to move forward and i’m sure others will have more ideas and impacts that could lead us to the vision of a world leader as HM would have wanted. Keep chugging along the “working for Brunei’s future” rail line, someday or someone will be listening to us and let’s hope for a nation which instills the truth, for the good and care for its people.

A reply to the comments by GOOD PEOPLE: please do not reply if you have no constructive ideas or arguements. It is clear that you will be selfish enough to just look after your own plate rather than working towards improving brunei. Obviously i would “MIRROR” myself before putting comments for everyone to see and for god’s sake we are not even arguing..its called being constructive and throwing ideas onto a plate…in case you don’t understand what i’m saying its an idealist opportunity for us to voice our concerns right here (thank you for the creators of this service)and to really tell people what is really happening. Hang on a second, did i just burst your bubble? Did i just point out your mistakes? Hah! Maybe you’re one of those who doesn’t believe in change….let me recommend you to read a book called: “who move my cheese” maybe that’ll help you out a bit…that’s if you’re bothered anyway.

Assalamualaikum.

By zul on Jan 7, 2009